The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 September 1970 — Page 7

LIGONIER NEWS By Rote Cunningham RANDY GANGWER HAS SURGERY Randy Gangwer. son of Mr. and Mrs. Delvin Gangwer, underwent surgery on his right leg at South Bend Memorial hospital last week. Randy was injured in a train-can collision several years ago and since that time has spent

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many months in the hospital and recovering at home. 'The Star'To Have Publication Board The West Noble school newspaper. The Star, as a new feature this year is forming a publication board. Members will include the school principal and superintendent, the editors of the school newspaper. The Star advisor, a representative of the print shop, the print shop teacher, the student council president and a representative friom each class.

The board will meet bi-weekly to analyze The Star’s previous issue and make suggestions for improvement in the next issue. One of the features of the new W'est Noble high school will be a well equipped print-shop. At present all school publishing is being done at the Ligonier school building. New Pastor At Presbyterian Church The United Presbyterian church of Ligonier will be welcoming their new pastor Rev. Leonard Phelps, to the leadership of their church Sunday, Sept. 20. A coffee hour will be observed s after the morning service to give people a chance to meet the pastor and his family, Mr. Phelps and family arrived at the manse on Third street this week, coming here from Brainerd. Minn., where he served as associate pastor of the First United Presbyterian church. In the past four years he has been responsible for pastoral calling, youth leadership in junior high and senior high programs and

youth retreats. Responsibility for the work of that parish became his during the illness and convalescence of the senior pastor. Mrs. Phelps (Judy) originally from Duluth, Minn.; Peter John, age two; Christine Margaret, age three months; and Mr. Phelps compose the new manse family. Mr. Phelps was educated in the Norman, Okla., public schools: Jamestown college, Jamestown, N.D., his father’s alma mater, and Fuller Theological Seminary of Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Martha A. Tully Mrs. Martha A. Tully. 403 Grand St., Ligonier, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grover Patrick, in Ligonier, of a heart ailment. Mrs. Tulley, 61, had been ill for the past six months. Her husband Wilbur (Bill) Tully, died in 1957. She was a member of Saint Patrick’s Catholic 41 church. Women’s Relief Corp. American Legion and Eastern Star, all of Ligonier. Survivors include the daughter and two grandchildren. Father Arthur McDonald was in charge of the services yesterday at 1:30 p.m. in the Saint Patrick’s Catholic church and burial was in Oak Park cemetery. Ligonier.

Rules Given For Tractor Pull Contest Rules for the 1970 Wawasee FFA chapter garden tractor pull to be held during the MAD committee’s fall festival in Milford this week are listed below by advisor Ed Washier: Tractors must be 14 horsepower or under and weight of tractor and driver may not exceed 1,400 pounds. Entry fees will be charged with no more than two drivers per tractor and two tractors per driver. Dual wheels are allowed. Maxium tire diameter will be 14 inches, no slicks, must have tread. No shifting of gears or double clutching during the pull will be permitted; any drive train change during the pull will disqualify the pull. The drawbar height may not exceed 13 inches (measured at the top surface of the drawbar) and the hitch opening should be no larger than two inches in diameter. No shifting of weight (tractor weight) after weigh-in; winners may be reweighed after the contest. Drivers must remain seated with at least one hand on the steering wheel during the pull. Tractors shall be controlled bydrivers in the event of rearing by driving skill or safety devices. Any tractor rearing to the extent that it endangers the driver or anyone else < to be determined by the judges) shall be disqualifed for that pull. Each driver shall have two opportunities to make a complete pull. If it is convenient to pull in a direction, the pull must be made in the opposite direction. If convenient, both pulls must be made in the same direction. A successful pull will be six feet and shall be completed in 20 seconds. Winners shall be determined on a weight percentage basis with weight including the sled. The load shall be started straight ahead from a tight chain. When load stops moving ahead, the pull will be considered completed (no jerking of chain). Width of the pulling lane shall be eight feet. Tractors must pull in this specified area. If any part of the tractor or boat is outside of the lane after the pull is completed, the pull will be disqualified. (Outside the pulling - lane means that the sled or tractor may not be touching the area markers.) All drivers enter the contest at their own risk and neither the Wawasee FFA nor MAD takes any responsibility for accidents. Weigh-in will be done at the Farm Bureau Co-op on north Main street. September 29 Is Scouting Night School Night for Scouting in Kosciusko county will be held on Monday, Sept. 29, for all boys interested in becoming cub scouts. Boys eight, nine, and 10 are invited to the school in their town to learn about scouting. Parents should also be present. A new troop is being planned in Pierceton with boys urged to join existing troops in other county towns.

BOAT STORAGE ■ i . J.";..MARINE SERVICE Al’s South Shore Marine Next To South Shore Golf Course Syracuse, Ind.

; • 'W - WIU J •- ■ NO MORE CURVES — Phend and Brown of Milford, working as sub-contractors for Reith-Riley are currently in the process of taking the curves out of a stretch of road on U.S. 6 a few miles west of its intersection with Indiana 15. The area has been the scene of several serious traffic accidents over the past several years. Workers are currently taking out the Turkey Creek rest park. When the bridge and road are completed the park will be re-located on the north side of the road. t

Politics - 1970 Meet Your Candidates r i READY FOR BATTLE — Dixon Prentice. Democratic candidate for the? Indiana Supreme Court, appears in fighting form Tuesday morning. Sept. 8, as he talks to Kosciusko county Democratic chairman Jack Sum me at Democratic headquarters in Warsaw; Prentice’s visit in Kosciusko county was a part of the Democrats “walk and talk” campaign that will take their campaign to the voters.

Wed., Sept. 16, 1970 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

11 M nAS mW JOHN LOUGHLIN is the Democrat in the race for Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is 44 and a lifelong resident of South Bend. Loughlin is married and the father of three children. He is a mathematics teacher with 13 years experience having taught at Thomas Jefferson junior high school and currently teaching at John Adams high school. The candidate served as a precinct committeeman in South Bend since his election in 1964. In 1968 he won a seat in the Indiana 1969 General Assembly and was named outstanding freshman Democratic representative by his fellow legislators. He was renominated for state representative from Saint Joseph county for the 1970 General Assembly a position he resigned after being nominated to run for State Superintendent at the June convention. REX E. BREEDEN of Columbus has been named chairman of the “Roudebush Finance Committee” it was announced recently from campiagn headquarters in Indianapolis. Breeden said, “This is an extremely important election year in Indiana, and of course the U.S. Senate is the key race . . .” Indiana Democrats, finalising plans for a dobr-to-door statewide walk campaign, have named MAYNARD SHROCK of Nappanee as route coordinator for the sous-county area including Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble and LaGrange counties. . Shrock will coordinate details of the campaign, called “In Step with the People,” with the local and state Democratic candidates and the Indiana Democrat campaign headquarters in Indianapolis. More than 25,000 Democrats will walk and talk with Hoosiers during the September 28 — October 1 walk campaign. The shoe-leather effort will enable Hoosiers to personally express their feelings about Indiana government to their Democratic candidates. “We could save taxpayers an additional $l7O million a year and strike a solid blow against inflation,” Third District Congressional candidate JOHN BRADEMAS said -to 15 county Farm Bureau leaders at a recent meeting held in Elkhart. He went on, "This is the amount that could be realized if there was a $20,000 crop payment limitation instead of the $55,000 in the agriculture bill which recently passed the House. "The big bonanza for big corporate farms goes on at the expense of the American taxpayer who wants government spending reduced,” he stated. Mrs. Carrie McFarren of Milford entertained the Home Arts Club at her home last Tuesday, with 14 members and two guests attending. “

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